FARMERS CALENDAR 



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Cowpeas — sow for fodder, piy feed and 



grain. 

 Sunflowers — BOW for grain for poultry 



and pigs. 

 Lucerne may be sown if season be 



favourable. 



Vegetables — sow Frencb and butter beans, 

 leek, spinach, eilver beet, lettuce, Jeru- 

 salem artichoke, cucumber, egg plant. 

 capsicum, rhubarb, melons, beet, 

 radish, carrot, parsnip, tomatoes; 

 small sowing of peas, turnips, swedes, 

 and rock melon may be made now. 

 Transplant herbs, lettuce, silver beet, 

 sweet potato, tomato, capsicum, egg 

 plant. 



Central Coast. 

 Crops to sow — 



Maize — -for grain and fodder, main crop 

 varieties. 



Sorghum — Saccaline and other varieties. 



Millets — for fodder. 



Sudan grass, broom millet. 



Potatoes — though getting rather late. 



Pumpkin, marrow, peanuts. 



Cowpeas — with maize or sorghum or 

 alone. 



Soy beans, buckwheat, sunflower, arti- 

 chokes. 



Sweet potatoes — plant out cuttings. 



Melons, lucerne, summer grasses. 



Vegetables — sow artichokes, asparagus, 

 beans, beet, Cape gooseberry, carrot, 

 cucumber, herbs, leek, lettuce, marrow, 

 melon, parsnip, peas, potato, pumpkin, 

 radish, silver beet, squash, sweet corn, 

 tomato. 



Transplant choko, eschalot, herbs, leek, 

 lettuce, silver beet, sweet potato, and 

 tomato. 



Hoe and work up the soil surface. 



Other work — plough under crops for gieen 

 manure; prepare land for further 

 spring sowing. 



Hawkesbury-Xepean. 

 Crops to sow- 

 Maize — early or main crop varieties may 

 be sown on river flats towards the end 

 of the month. 

 Sorghum — sow for green fodder and seed 

 for poultry or pigs. Early Amber cane 

 and Planter's Friend are good varieties ; 

 the former is earlier and gives two and 

 even three cuts per season. 



Broom millet — White Italian is the best. 

 Millet — for green fodder, hay, and grain 

 for pig and poultry feed. 



Pumpkins, squashes, grammas, water and 

 pic melons— main crops may be sown. 



Peanuts — sow for pig and poultry feed 

 in light friable soil. 



i ' iwpeas — sow for green feed either alone 

 or in conjunction with maize, sorghum, 

 or millet. 



Lima beans are also worth a trial. 



Sunflowers — the Giant Russian is suit- 

 able for poultry feed, and mixes well 

 with other crops for ensilage. 



Lucerne — main spring sowing can be 

 made. 



Potatoes may still be planted, especially 

 early in month for main sowing. 



Jerusalem artichokes — for domestic use 

 and pig feed may be planted in odd 

 rich corners; they are difficult to 

 eradicate, and should not be planted 

 where it is not possible to get the land 

 thoroughly cleaned by pigs or by 

 hand. 



Shade trees and hedges— if not planted out 

 in autumn may be put in now. 



Vegetables — sow French and other beans, 

 red and silver beet, carrot (main sum- 

 mer crop), cucumbers, vegetable mar- 

 rows, squashes, water and rock 

 melons, leeks, lettuce, capsicums, egg 

 plant, parsnip, radish. 

 Plant out sweet potatoes, herbs, lettuce, 

 silver beet, capsicum, egg plant, chocos,. 

 and tomatoes. 



South Coast. 

 Crops to sow — 

 Maize, sorghum and millets — mostly for 



green fodder. 

 Cowpeas may also be sown, and man- 

 golds. 



Vegetables — sow seed of French beans, beet, 

 carrot, cucumber, leek, lettuce, melon, 

 parsnip, peas, pumpkin, radish, silver 

 beet, squash, tomato, and turnip. 

 Plant potatoes. 

 Transplant choko, eschalot, lettuce, silver 



beet, sweet potato. 

 Keep all crops well cultivated and protect 

 them from wind. 



